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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Husband's summary educational achievement (W_HUSEDACHIEVER)

Data file: LSO2009-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 553
End: 553
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
601 Are you currently married or living together with a man as if married?

YES, CURRENTLY MARRIED 1 GO TO 604
YES, LIVING WITH A MAN 2 GO TO 604
NO, NOT IN UNION 3

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805 What was the highest (standard/form/year) he completed at that level?

STANDARD/FORM/YEAR _____
DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
HUSEDACHIEVER (V729) is a summary variable that reports the highest level of education in broad categories for the woman's husband/partner. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but HUSEDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

HUSEDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in the HUSEDLVL (V701) and HUSEDYR (V702) variables.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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